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Solastalgic
@my-solastalgia.bsky.social
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Watercolor, ink, mixed media, photography
Bearing witness to the climate crisis
Celebrating the natural world

Happily existing outside the mainstream 🦉🌘
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“Silence
seeks the center
of every tree and rock,
that thing we hold closest-
the end of songs"
~ M. McClintock
#orangesun #stunday #eastcoastkin #autumn #solitary #solitude #melancholy #contemplative #darknature #moodylandscapes #atmospheric #treephotography #lateautumn #treeandmood
Photo: At the edge of the woods, a tree with orange leaves leans across the frame from left; still-green trees fill in the background.
November 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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“We must dream our way.” ~ Pablo Neruda ~
#small #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #autumn #solitary #solitude #melancholy #contemplative #darknature #blackbird #moodylandscapes #atmospheric #treephotography #lateautumn #bnwbutnot #monochromatic #treeandmood
Photo: A few craggy trees stand in silhouette against a gloomy grey sky. A small blackbird flies away from the trees, into the distance.
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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#stunday #orangesun #eastcoastkin #intothewoods #autumnwalk #theworldinmyhead #autumn #solitary #solitude #melancholy #contemplative
Photo: A path winds through a wooded area, disappearing into the distance. A lone, empty bench sits in the far left of frame. Some trees lining the path and beyond are bare; others show colored leaves not yet fallen. Pops of green appear in the undergrowth.
November 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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#blueskyartshow #bright #eastcoastkin #treephotography #treeinautumn #autumntrees #artchallenge #artyear #trees #autumn #autumnmood #fallfoliage #momentsofenchantment #camerapainting
Photo: A tree with bright red foliage stands in a weeded thicket, righthand side, with branches extending across the frame.
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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…and just like that, another weekend is upon us! How is your Friday going? 🍁 #scape #forestfriday #eastcoastkin #treephotography #treeinautumn #autumntrees #artchallenge #artyear #trees #autumn #autumnmood #fallfoliage #momentsofenchantment #intothewoods #autumnlandscape
Photo: A small tree with yellow leaves, mostly fallen, leans over a small creek in the woods.
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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A perfectly-timed autumn thunder storm ~ Every year, I hope for a day like this, & sometimes I get very lucky. This was more spectacular in person. #stunday #orangesun #eastcoastkin #artchallenge #autumn #autumnmood #fallfoliage #treephotography #autumntrees #landscapephotography #autumnlandscape
Photo: A single tree stands centered in a newly-harvested cornfield, ablaze in orange foliage. The sky above is an ominous dark grey, portending a storm. The edge of woods, out of focus, appears in the background, in autumn colors.
November 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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As #evening falls ~ #naturephotography #lowlight #lowkey #autumn #november #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #outbirding #birdoftheday #wildlifephotography
Photo: A small bird sits on a bare tree branch, eyeing the viewer. Background fades to black.
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Autumn color is peaking here!
#scape #forestfriday #eastcoastkin #treephotography #treeinautumn #autumntrees #artchallenge #artyear #trees #autumn #autumnmood #fallfoliage #momentsofenchantment
Photo: A cluster of trees stands in a clearing; trees show autumn colors of green, gold, and orange
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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#yellowthu #coloraday #artchallenge #artyear #trees #autumn #autumnmood #fallfoliage #autumnal #watercolortree #treeinautumn #autumntrees #watercolor #traditionalart #painting
Watercolor: A cropped in view of an autumn tree, in which some branches are visible; yellow is featured
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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#stunday #eastcoastkin #fineartphotography #hipstamatic #31daysofhalloween #artchallenge #artyear #trees #autumn #autumnmood #fallfoliage #autumnal #treephotography #treeinautumn #autumntrees #nightmarenov #autumnmood
Photo: A large tree stands on the left, its uppermost branches out of frame. Tree is out of focus. Several trees are on the right and in the background, but in focus. A curved path in the grass runs through the middle.
November 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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“The deepest need is to be free of the anxiety of death and annihilation; but it is life itself which awakens it, and so we must shrink from being fully alive.” ~ E. Becker
#nightmarenov #fear #stunday #eastcoastkin #vulture #conceptualphotography #fineartphotography #deathanxiety #mortalitysalience
Photo: Black-and-white shot of a vulture in flight and out of focus, behind a bare tree branch, in focus
November 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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“Then summer fades and passes…We'll…feel an unexpected sharpness, a thrill of nervousness, swift elation, a sense of sadness and departure." ~ Thomas Wolfe
#autumn #blueskyartshow #landscape #autumnmood #fallfoliage #treephotography #treeinautumn #fineartphotography #nightmarenov #dark #autumnmood
Photo: A solitary deciduous tree stands in the middle distance, in a flat landscape. The tree has foliage of orange and red; autumn foliage of other trees color the background, out of focus. A lone crow flies through a grey, overcast sky.
November 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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#31DaysofHalloween #EnchantedAutumn #artchallenge #artyear #autumnmood #fallfoliage #autumnal #treephotography #treeinautumn #fineartphotography #grackles #blackbirds #enchantment #naturephotography
Photo: An autumn landscape featuring two trees in the foreground, standing in a newly-harvested cornfield; three grackles in flight are circling around the trees. Clusters of trees stand in the background behind, out of focus.
October 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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"I saw old Autumn in the misty morn
Stand shadowless like Silence, listening
To Silence." ~ Thomas Hood
#31daysofhalloween #spooktober #artchallenge #artyear #trees #thicktrunktuesday #autumnmood #fallfoliage #autumnal #treephotography #treeinautumn #autumntree
Photo: A semi-closeup photo of a tree, showing the trunk, some lower branches, and foliage. Leaves have just begun turning from green to gold, with a few pops of orange.
October 29, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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A piece inspired by climate change — ink pour and photography.
October 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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As Our Skies Engulf Us ~
The scariest fires are the real ones. Inspiration for piece in ALT.
#spooktober #fire #31DaysofHalloween #artchallenge #artyear #inkpour #abstractlandscape #mixedmedia #collage #stunday #eastcoastkin #conceptualart #apocalyptic #climatechangeart #climatechange #wildfires
Inspiration for this piece came in part from Margi Prideaux’s _Fire: A Message from the Edge of Climate Catastrophe_. This amazing book manages to be both a gripping personal account of living through Australia’s Black Summer fires of 2019-20, as well as a professional analysis of the factors that give rise to the more frequent and devastating climate-related catastrophes of our time. At one point in the book, in the immediate aftermath of the fire, Prideaux recounts how it felt to bear witness to death, destruction, and ruin in such a personal way—to her own ecosystem and community. She describes a scene involving countless carcasses of animals who had attempted to flee the fire but had inevitably perished: twisted remains caught in fences; those mummified in place while running on stumps, feet missing; and birds struck down in mid-flight. My painting imagines the terror of the moments just before. Mixed media collage: The background is a traditional (non-digital) painting in ink; red tones dominate. The foreground shows a semi-closeup photograph of a bird awkwardly clinging to two branches, one in each foot, mouth open. The bird appears to be backlit. (Photo and ink painting both my work; no AI here, as always)
October 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Celebrating the 1-year anniversary of her Gotcha Day! #caturday #inside #blueskyartshow #tortie #tortitude #tortiesofbluesky #eastcoastkin #catsofbluesky #weekQforquiet #alphabetchallenge #31daysofhalloween
Photo: Head and shoulders view of a tortie-colored cat, with face in profile; cat is sitting on a wooden surface, with light from a window behind her hitting her face. A plant is partially visible in the background, out of focus.
October 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth
seeking the successive autumns.” ~ George Eliot
#31DaysofHalloween #fallfoliage #artchallenge #artyear #autumnmood #autumnlandscape #landscapephotography #scape #eastcoastkin
Photo: Landscape shot of a copse of trees with autumn foliage in the middle distance, surrounded by cornfield; sky has calm cloud cover with tones of grey and pink
October 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Is it just me, or is there anyone else here who can find themselves enchanted by a pumpkin stem? 🍂
#31DaysofHalloween #spooktober #pumpkin #autumnmood #autumnal #stilllife #artchallenge #artyear #chiaroscuro #stilllifestudy #macrophotography #lowkey #alphabetchallenge #WeekQforQuiet
Photo: A light study of a small pumpkin gourd in sunlight, showing contrasting highlights and shadows
October 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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“I haven’t thought up a way to describe my solitude yet, to make it sensible to others.” ~ Michael Harris, Solitude ~
#stunday #Eastcoastkin #autumnmood #fineartphotography #31DaysofHalloween #egret #solitude #Darkautumn #naturephotography #changingseasons #fallfoliage #fineartphotography
Photo: A lone egret stands at the edge of a small pond, its image reflected in the water beneath. The egret and pond are surrounded by a dark wood with green foliage turning yellow in early autumn.
October 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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In a dark wood, no. 2 🖤 #blueskyartshow #vertical #31DaysofHalloween #artchallenge #artyear #eastcoastkin #october #autumnmood #autumn #naturephotography #changingseasons #fallfoliage #fineartphotography
Photo: A dark, wooded area with fiery autumn colors of deep orange and red.
October 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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In a dark wood 🖤 #forestfriday #scape #31DaysofHalloween #artchallenge #artyear #eastcoastkin #october #autumnmood #autumn #naturephotography #changingseasons #fineartphotography
Photo: A dark, wooded area deep into the woods; trees are showing autumn colors
October 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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The Trickster ~
“Enjoy yourself. It’s later than you think.” ~ Chinese proverb ~ #trickortreat #31DaysofHalloween #spooktober #artchallenge #artyear #crow #corvid #digitalcollage #trickster #conceptualart #conceptpiece (crow: my photo; other images: public domain; my digital art; no AI here.)
Digital collage: A monochromatic image featuring a crow perched atop a clock face surrounded by filigree-like detail. Only a tiny bit of the clock is actually visible. Image background is a faint cursive script pattern, largely illegible. Digital collage art by me; no AI, as always here. (images: crow: my photo; clock and script: public domain)
October 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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In Irish Celtic mythology, the Morrigan was a multifaceted goddess as well as #shapeshifter (cont. in ALT) ~ #crow #corvid #spooktober #31daysofhalloween #stunday #orangesun #autumnal #watercolor #semiabstractwatercolor #autumnabstract #painting #traditionalart #fineart
The Morrigan, although perhaps best known in her role as war goddess, was also associated with sovereignty, liminality, ambiguity, and the mysteries of life and death. She was believed to assume the form of a crow, screeching over the battlefield, prophesying victory and loss.
October 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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October’s #glow ~ #BlueSkyArtShow #eastcoastkin #spider #31DaysofHalloween #spooktober #artchallenge #artyear #arachnid #spiderweb #macrophotography #naturephotography #autumn #octobermood
Photo: A close-up of female yellow garden spider sitting in her web, centered in frame. Spider is facing down. The web glows, backlit by the afternoon sun.
October 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM